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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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